Best Fragrances For Men

AskMen Grooming Awards: The Best Fragrances of 2018

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It’s well known that fragrances have the power bring back specific memories or take us to a place far away. That’s why there is an entire industry devoted to helping all of us smell our best. That said, we know smelling good is all subjective. This smell might remind you of an ex and that smell may remind you of middle school. So, picking your next fragrance over the internet is always a little tricky — but certainly not impossible. Here are the basics you need to know, and the rest is up to you.

Top Notes are what the fragrance smells like when on first spray — typically fresh or citrus. Middle Notes are what you start smelling soon kin — what gives the fragrance it’s identity. Finally, Base Notes are what it smells like once it’s been on for a while — typically warm notes like woods, musks, leathers.

The strongest scent you can get is Perfume or Parfum. It has about a 15 to 30 percent concentration of fragrance in water and alcohol. Then you have Eau De Parfum or EDP, which is lighter than traditional perfumes, but still strong, at about 8 to 15 percent concentration. This means you can wear less Perfume and EDP, and it will still last for a few hours. Eau De Toilette or EDT, is lighter than EDP, with a four to eight percent concentration and Cologne comes in at the lightest, and arguably the most common, with the greatest dilution of fragrances at three to five percent concentration.

We tested thousands of products over the course of the past year and we have come up the absolute best. These are the AskMen Grooming Awards Winners of 2018 for Best Fragrances for Men.

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